List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling
Women’s freestyle wrestling has been part of the FILA Wrestling World Championships since 1987, and was first made an Olympic event in the 2004 Olympics.
World Level Champions in Women's Freestyle Wrestling by Year and Weight
1987–1996
| Year | Team | 44 kg | 47 kg | 50 kg | 53 kg | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  |
 Weigert, Brigette (1/1) |
Holten, Anne (1/2) |
Halvorsen, Anne Marie (1/1) |
 Van Gucht,Sylvie (1/3) |
Dourthe, Isabelle (1/1) |
Barlie, Ine (1/2) |
Herlin, Brigitte (1/1) |
Jean, Georgette (1/2) |
Rossignol, Patricia (1/1)
|
| 1989 |  |
Yoshimura, Shoko (1/5) |
 Ming-hsiu, Chen (1/1) |
Holten, Anne (2/2) |
Van Gucht, Sylvie (2/3) |
Høie, Gudrun (1/4) |
Sagon, Jocelyne (1/1) |
Blind, Emmanuelle (1/1) |
Jean, Georgette (2/2) |
Shimizu, Miyako (1/1)
|
| 1990 | |
Yoshimura, Shoko (2/5) |
 Pedersen, Åsa (1/1) |
Poupon, Martine (1/2) |
Van Gucht, Sylvie (3/3) |
Høie, Gudrun (2/4) |
Siffert, Brigitte (1/2) |
Iijima, Akiko (1/2) |
Iwama, Rika (1/1) |
Urano, Yayoi (1/6)
|
| 1991 | |
 Xiue, Zhong (1/5) |
Yamamoto, Miyu (1/1) |
Poupon, Martine (2/2) |
Xia, Zhang (1/3) |
 Lugo, Olga (1/1) |
Siffert, Brigitte (2/2) |
Iijima, Akiko (2/2) |
Urano, Yayoi (2/6) |
Dongfeng, Liu (1/5)
|
| 1992 | |
Yanping, Pan (1/1) |
Xiue, Zhong (2/5) |
 Saunders, Tricia (1/4) |
Izaguirre, Wendy (1/1) |
Sakamoto, Ryoko (1/1) |
Barlie, Ine (1/2) |
Chaoli, Wang (1/2) |
Guevara, Xiomara (1/1) |
Dongfeng, Liu (2/5)
|
| 1993 | |
Yoshimura, Shoko (3/5) |
Xiue, Zhong (3/5) |
Gomis, Anna (1/4) |
Johansen, Line (1/2) |
Høie, Gudrun (3/4) |
 Hartmann, Nikola (1/5) |
Chaoli, Wang (2/2) |
Urano, Yayoi (3/6) |
Dongfeng, Liu (3/5)
|
| 1994 | |
Yoshimura, Shoko (4/5) |
Kamibayashi, Miho (1/1) |
Yamamoto, Miyu (1/2) |
Kawasaki, Akemi (1/1) |
Johansen, Line (2/2) |
Hartmann, Nikola (2/5) |
Urano, Yayoi (4/6) |
 Nordhagen, Christine (1/6) |
Funakoshi, Mitsuko (1/1)
|
| 1995 |  |
Yoshimura, Shoko (5/5) |
Yamamoto, Miyu (2/2) |
Ganachuyeva, Saneit (1/1) |
Pluquet, Sophie (1/1) |
Eriksson, Sara (1/2) |
Hartmann, Nikola (3/5) |
Urano, Yayoi (5/6) |
Golliot, Lise (1/2) |
Dongfeng, Liu (4/5)
|
| 1996 | |
Xiue, Zhong (4/5) |
Saunders, Tricia (2/4) |
Smirnova, Olga (1/1) |
Gomis, Anna (2/4) |
Eriksson, Sara (2/2) |
Miyazaki, Mikiko (1/1) |
Urano, Yayoi (6/6) |
Nordhagen, Christine (2/6) |
Dongfeng, Liu (5/5)
|
1997–2001
| Year | Team | 46 kg | 51 kg | 56 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 75 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | |
Xiue, Zhong (5/5) |
 Piasecka, Joanna (1/1) |
Gomis, Anna (3/4) (1/1) |
Golliot, Lise (2/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (3/6) |
Hamaguchi, Kyoko (1/5)
|
| 1998 | |
Saunders, Tricia (3/4) |
Shinomura, Atsuko (1/1) |
Høie, Gudrun (4/4) (1/1) |
Hartmann, Nikola (4/5) |
Nordhagen, Christine (4/6) |
Hamaguchi, Kyoko (2/5)
|
| 1999 | |
Saunders, Tricia (4/4) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (1/4) |
Gomis, Anna (4/4) (1/1) |
Shoda, Ayako (1/4) |
Bacher, Sandra (1/1) |
Hamaguchi, Kyoko (2/5)
|
| 2000 | |
 Merleni, Iryna (1/4) |
Obara, Hitomi (1/9) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (2/4) |
Hartmann, Nikola (5/5) |
Marano, Kristie (1/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (5/6)
|
| 2001 | |
Merleni, Iryna (2/4) |
Obara, Hitomi (2/9) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (3/4) |
Meng, Lili (1/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (6/6) |
Witkowska, Edyta (1/1)
|
2002-2003
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | |
 Wagner, Brigitte (1/1) |
 Poumpouridou, Sofia (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (1/16) |
Kartashova, Alena (1/1) |
Icho, Kaori (1/14) |
Burmistrova, Kateryna (1/1) |
Hamaguchi, Kyoko (4/5)
|
| 2003 | |
Merleni, Iryna (3/4) |
Icho, Chiharu (1/3) |
Yoshida, Saori (2/16) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (4/4) |
Icho, Kaori (2/14) |
Marano, Kristie (2/2) |
Hamaguchi, Kyoko (5/5)
|
2004
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | |
Merleni, Iryna (4/4) |
Yoshida, Saori (3/16) |
Icho, Kaori (3/14) |
Xu, Wang (1/1)
|
2005-2007
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | |
Xuecheng, Ren (1/1) |
Obara, Hitomi (3/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (4/16) |
Shoda, Ayako (2/4) |
Icho, Kaori (4/14) |
Meng, Lili (2/2) |
Smith, Iris (1/1)
|
| 2006 | |
Icho, Chiharu (2/3) |
Obara, Hitomi (4/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (5/16) |
Shoda, Ayako (3/4) |
Icho, Kaori (5/14) |
Ruixue, Jing (1/2) |
 Zlateva, Stanka (1/5)
|
| 2007 | |
Icho, Chiharu (3/3) |
Obara, Hitomi (5/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (6/16) |
Prieto, Audrey (1/1) |
Icho, Kaori (6/14) |
Ruixue, Jing (2/2) |
Zlateva, Stanka (2/5)
|
2008
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | |
Huynh, Carol (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (7/16) |
Icho, Kaori (7/14) |
Jiao, Wang (1/1)
|
2008–2011
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | |
Chun, Clarissa (1/1) |
Obara, Hitomi (6/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (8/16) |
Shoda, Ayako (4/4) |
Nishimaki, Mio (1/2) |
Dugrenier, Martine (1/3) |
Zlateva, Stanka (3/5)
|
| 2009 |  |
Stadnik, Mariya (1/2) |
Mattsson, Sofia (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (9/16) |
Ratkevich, Yuliya (1/1) |
Nishimaki, Mio (2/2) |
Dugrenier, Martine (2/3) |
Xiaoqing, Qin (1/1)
|
| 2010 | |
Obara, Hitomi (7/9) |
Kohut, Oleksandra (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (10/16) |
 Battsetseg, Soronzonboldyn (1/2) |
Icho, Kaori (8/14) |
Dugrenier, Martine (3/3) |
Zlateva, Stanka (4/5)
|
| 2011 | |
Obara, Hitomi (8/9) |
Rakhmanova, Zamira (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (11/16) |
Vasylenko, Hanna (1/1) |
Icho, Kaori (9/14) |
Zhuoma, Xiluo (1/1) |
Zlateva, Stanka (5/5)
|
2012
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | |
Obara, Hitomi (9/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (12/16) |
Icho, Kaori (10/14) |
Vorobieva, Natalia (1/3)
|
2012–2013
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | |
 Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (1/2) |
MacDonald, Jessica (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (13/16) |
Lan, Zhang (1/1) |
Pirozhkova, Elena (1/1) |
Gray, Adeline (1/5) |
Fransson, Jenny (1/1)
|
| 2013 | |
Tosaka, Eri (1/4) |
Yanan, Sun (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (14/16) |
 Sastin, Marianna (1/1) |
Icho, Kaori (11/14) |
Stadnyk, Alina (1/1) |
Fengliu, Zhang (1/1)
|
2014–2017
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 58 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 75 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | |
Tosaka, Eri (2/4) |
Yoshida, Saori (15/16) |
Hamada, Chiho (1/1) |
Icho, Kaori (12/14) |
Tserenchimed, Sükheegiin (3/3) |
Tkach, Yuliya (1/1) |
Focken, Aline (1/1) |
Gray, Adeline (2/5)
|
| 2015 | |
Tosaka, Eri (3/4) |
Yoshida, Saori (16/16) |
Maroulis, Helen (1/3) |
Icho, Kaori (13/14) |
Herhel, Oksana (3/3) |
Battsetseg, Soronzonboldyn (2/2) |
Vorobieva, Natalia (2/3) |
Gray, Adeline (3/5)
|
| 2016 | |
Tosaka, Eri (4/4) |
Maroulis, Helen (2/3) |
Mukaida, Mayu (1/2) |
Icho, Kaori (14/14) |
Xingru, Pei (1/1) |
Kawai, Risako (1/4) |
Dosho, Sara (1/2) |
Wiebe, Erica (1/1)
|
| 2017 | |
Susaki, Yui (1/2) |
Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (2/2) |
Okuno, Haruna (1/2) |
Maroulis, Helen (3/3) |
Kawai, Risako (2/4) |
Orkhon, Pürevdorjiin (1/1) |
Dosho, Sara (2/2) |
 Adar, Yasemin (1/1)
|
2018–2019
| Year | Team | 50 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 57 kg | 59 kg | 62 kg | 65 kg | 68 kg | 72 kg | 76 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |
Susaki, Yui (2/2) |
Okuno, Haruna (2/2) |
Mukaida, Mayu (2/2) |
Rong, Ningning (1/1) |
Kawai, Risako (3/4) |
Yusein, Taybe (1/1) |
 Olli, Petra (1/1) |
Cherkasova, Alla (1/1) |
Di Stasio, Justina (1/1) |
Gray, Adeline (4/5)
|
| 2019 | |
Stadnik, Mariya (2/2) |
 Pak, Yong-mi (1/1) |
Winchester, Jacarra (1/1) |
Kawai, Risako (4/4) |
Morais, Linda (1/1) |
 Tynybekova, Aisuluu (1/1) |
Trazhukova, Inna (1/1) |
Mensah, Tamyra (1/1) |
Vorobieva, Natalia (3/3) |
Gray, Adeline (5/5)
|
Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions
16 World Level Championships
Saori Yoshida, 2002–2015
14 World Level Championships
Kaori Icho, 2002–2016
9 World Level Championships
Hitomi Obara, 2000–2012
6 World Level Championships
Yayoi Urango, 1990–1996
Christine Nordhagen, 1994–2001
5 World Level Championships
Shoko Yoshimura, 1989–1995
Liu Dongfeng, 1991–1996
Zhong Xiue, 1991–1997
Nikola Hartmann, 1993–2000
Kyōko Hamaguchi, 1997–2003
Stanka Zlateva, 2006–2011
Adeline Gray, 2012–2019
Team Championships
The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.
27 World Level Championships
1988–2019
2 World Level Championships
1995–1998
2001–2012
1 World Level Championships
1987
1999
2009
See also
- List of Cadet, Junior, and Espoir World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
- Soviet and Russian results in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling